stratification

functionalist perspective

which sociological perspective would be most likely to argue that most talented people would not go to school for many years to become medical doctors if they could make as much money and gain as much respect working as elevator operators?

Intragenerational mobility

status inconsistency

Karl Marx

thought there were two economically-based social classes. the bourgeoisie are the capitalist class. Control the means of production, or the necessary resources to create capital. Control the norms and values of society. Use their power to make the distribution of resources seem "fair" and justified. use social control to maintain their control in society.

proletariats

Lenski's view

both conflict and functionalist theories are neither true nor false. functionalists are right when analyzing societies with basic resources (traditional societies). Conflict theorists are right when analyzing societies that have a surplus (Associational Societies)